[orbitcpp-list] Re: [gtkmm] ORBit2 cpp: cstddef include error

[Joe Y. <jw...@di...>]

> While trying to get the ORBit2 cpp branch (see link below) working with
> some example code, I'm getting a
> cstddef: No such file or directory
> error. This file is part of gcc, so  I'm hoping that somebody can
> suggest why it's not being found.
> 
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/murrayc/bonoboui2-hello-cpp/src'
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I..
> hello.c
> In file included from
> /gnome/head/INSTALL/include/orbit-2.0/orbit/orb-cpp/orbitcpp.hh:42,
>                  from corba/Bonobo-cpp-common.hh:11,
>                  from corba/Bonobo-cpp.hh:6,
>                  from hello.c:36:
> /gnome/head/INSTALL/include/orbit-2.0/orbit/orb-cpp/orbitcpp_sequence.hh:32:19: cstddef: No such file or directory
> 

The problem is that you're compiling a C source file, so the libstdc++ 
headers aren't being implicitly -I'd in.  You need to explicitly 
set the language to c++ by adding "-x c++" to CFLAGS.

cheers,
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